DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO FM QIRBI ON SANCTIONS

S E C R E T SANAA 001806

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/27/2013
TAGS: KSCA PARM MNUC ETTC MARR TSPA YM KN MTCRE DEMARCHE
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO FM QIRBI ON SANCTIONS
DETERMINATION REGARDING 2002 SCUD MISSILE TRANSFER FROM
NORTH KOREA TO YEMEN

REF: SECSTATE 213430

Classified By: Ambassador Edmund J. Hull for reasons 1.5 (b and d)


1. (s) Explaining that the sanctions against the DPKR were
the result of a required legal review and that Yemen was not
sanctioned, the Ambassador delivered talking points in reftel
to Yemeni Foreign Minister Qirbi on July 27. He further
emphasized that any actions that increased the DPKR's
economic capacity would not be favorably received by
Washington. Qirbi said he understood the U.S. position on
North Korea.
HULL